Top 31 Scary Quotes for Halloween
It’s time for our favorite Halloween quotes! Yes, the spooky season and all its related subject matter —horror, masks, vampires and candy — conjure up some wild and witty quotes. Here are 31 — one for each spooky October day:
Scary Quotes for Halloween
“When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween.”
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Unknown
“Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat…”
2
Nicholas Gordon
“Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, voices whisper in the trees, ‘Tonight is Halloween!’”
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Dexter Kozen
“But what’s in between?/Where are your ideas?/You sit around and dream/For next Halloween/Why not everyday?/Are you so afraid, what will people say?”
4
Dead Kennedys “Halloween”
“Sticky fingers, tired feet; one last house, trick or treat!”
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Rusty Fischer
“Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween’s upon us now.”
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Richelle E. Goodrich
“Bonfires burning bright/Pumpkin faces in the night/I remember Halloween/Dead cats hanging from poles/Little dead are out in droves/I remember Halloween”
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Misfits, “Halloween”
“Every day is Halloween isn’t it? For some of us.”
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Tim Burton
“The farther we’ve gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we’ve come to need Halloween.”
9
Paula Guran
“When I was a kid my parents always sent me out as a tramp: high-heel shoes, fishnet stockings…”
10
David Letterman
“Oh it’s Halloween/Every night to me is Halloween/Like an ancient scene/You know just what I mean/Halloween you are my pride/Halloween not just a dream.”
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King Diamond “Halloween”
“Be sure to remember when Halloween is. Answering the door when you’re three-quarters crocked and finding a pack of midget H-Men, Masters of the Universes on the front porch can be a scary experience if you’re not expecting it.”
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P. J. O’Rourke
“Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas.”
13
Stephen Graham Jones
“On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me.”
14
Rodney Dangerfield
“Well I’m coming for you this Halloween/It’s my favorite time of year, and I’m stealing the scene/I terrify the kiddies when I’m walking down the street/I got snakes in my hair, I got spiders on my feet”
15
Alice Cooper “Keepin’ Halloween Alive”
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”
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Henry David Thoreau
“I like parties, but I don’t like piñatas because the piñata promotes violence against flamboyant animals. Hey, there’s a donkey with some pizzazz. Let’s kick its ass. What I’m trying to say is, don’t make the same Halloween costume mistake that I did.”
17
Demitri Martin
“There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask.”
18
Colette
“I hate Halloween. I hate dressing up. I wear wigs, makeup, costumes every day. Halloween is, like, my least favorite holiday.”
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Amy Poehler
“When the moon arises on the western sky/and the vampires are out on the sly/at times they have trouble finding necks to bite/that’s why I cook up in my room tonight/ My riboflavin flavored, non-carbonated, polyunsaturated blood”
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45 Grave “Riboflavin”
“If human beings had genuine courage they’d wear their costumes every day of the week not just on Halloween.”
21
Doug Coupland
“The first time you hear the concept of Halloween when you’re a kid, your brain can’t even process the information. You’re like, ‘What did you say about giving out candy? Who’s giving out candy? Everyone that we know is giving out candy?”
22
Jerry Seinfeld
“The night is still/And the frost it bites my face/I wear my silence like a mask/And murmur like a ghost/Trick or Treat/Trick or Treat/The bitter and the sweet”
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Siouxie & The Banshees “Halloween”
“It’s as much fun to scare as to be scared.”
24
Vincent Price
“Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make!”
25
Bela Lugosi, “Dracula”
“Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.”
26
H. P. Lovecraft
“Horror is like a serpent; always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back. It can’t be hidden away like the guilty secrets we try to keep in our subconscious.”
27
Dario Argento
“A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.”
28
Erma Bombeck
“I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner.”
29
Evan Peters
“Halloween is bigger than Christmas in America.”
30
Rhys Darby
“I always wanted to live in a haunted house.”
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